Weather

Mostly sunny with isolated showers in the morning, then mostly cloudy with scattered showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.

Water outage Thursday through Friday

The Guam Waterworks Authority announced a water outage for parts of Dededo from Thursday evening to early Friday morning. Santa Monica Avenue and surrounding streets in Dededo will be without water from 7 p.m. to 4 a.m.

Power outages Thursday

The Guam Power Authority announce a power outage for parts of Chalan Padiron and others in the area from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday. Crews will be performing maintenance work.

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Lane closure Friday

The Guam Power Authority announced a lane closure in Talofofo from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. along Wolford area to Surfside Beach. Crews will be clearing vegetation.

DUI checkpoints Friday

On June 2, the Guam Police Department's Highway Patrol Division will conduct DUI sobriety checkpoints at any of the following locations throughout Guam:

Route 1 between Dededo and Hagåtña.

Route 14 in Tamunung/Tumon

Route 4 Hagåtña to Chalan Pago.

Route 10

Information was provided by GPD spokeswoman Capt. Kim Santos.

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In this March 2017 file photo, a banner hangs near the main entrance of the Guam Museum to promot the "CHamoru Yu’: Perspectives on CHamoru identity" exhibition. The museum will be hosting an open mic Wednesday,(Photo: PDN file photo)

Last week to check out museum exhibit

The Guam Museum has extended the exhibition period for “CHamoru Yu’: Perspectives on CHamoru Identity” to Sunday. Opened in celebration of Mes CHamoru’ in March, the exhibition will remain open for visitors to view during the start of the summer.

Pale' Eric Forbes will give a special tour of the Guam Museum's exhibit at 6 p.m. Friday with a discussion on Chamorro identity and history at 6:30 p.m.

Close to 7,000 people have visited the exhibition, which looks at representations of CHamoru identity through history, experience and art. It spans the different eras of Guam history, from the earliest settlements in the Pre-latte era and Latte era, through the periods of colonization by Spain, Japan, and the United States, and into our modern contemporary period. The exhibition also displays ancient pottery, tools and adornments from two sites, Naton in Tumon and Litekyan.

The Guam Museum is open Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The next exhibition, which will open June 10 will feature reflections of World War II experiences in Guam and Liberation day.

Beach advisories

The Guam Environmental Protection Agency issued advisories Friday, May 26, for the following beaches, based on 44 water samples taken on Thursday, May 25.

Dungca's Beach, Tamuning

Hagåtña Bayside Park

Santos Memorial Park, Piti

Toguan Bay, Umatac

Inarajan Bay

Talofofo Bay

Pago Bay

Swimming, fishing or playing in unsafe waters may may result in minor illnesses such as sore throats or diarrhea. It may also result in more serious illnesses, the Guam EPA warns. The risks are higher for children, the elderly and anyone with weakened immune systems.

Guam EPA also reminds the public of three fishing/shellfish advisories due to presence of PCB detected.

Cocos Lagoon: Fish consumption advisory in effect since 2006.

Orote Point: Seafood advisory in effect since 2001 for west side of peninsula and Gab Gab Beach.

Sewer repairs ongoing

The Guam Waterworks Authority and its contractor Giant Construction will continue its sewer replacement work on Macheche Road.

Work will be in the vicinity of Las Palmas Apartments intersection to Marine Drive and extend to Liguan Road at its northern limit.

Crews be working after 6 p.m. on the weekdays and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the weekends.

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